Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Chione

1.Chione or Khione was the daughter of Boreas, god of the chill north wind
and Oreithyia, the lady of mountain gales, and was sister of Cleopatra,
Zetes, and Calais. In Greek mythology Chione is described as goddess of
snow.

Chione

Chione had intercourse with Poseidon, and when she have birth to
Eumoplus, without letting her father know. She threw the baby into the
deep sea to avoid discovery. But Poseidon rescued the baby and took the
baby to Aithiopia. He gave baby to Benthesikyme, the deep wave (his
daughter).2.Chione or khione was a nymph, she was said to
have been abducted byBoreas, god of north wind, and brought by him to
Mt Niphantes.

Boreas and Chione

Chione gave birth to hyperborean Boreades, the three gaint
sons of Boreas.3.Chione or Khione was the daughter of Daedalion. She was very beautiful
and had countless suitors. Once Apollo and Hermessaw her and both fall in
love with her. Hermes put her to sleep and seduce her. Apollo waited for
nightfall and then approached her in the guise of an old woman and
seduce her.

Chione

Chione became pregnant with twin, Philamon (son of Apollo)
and Autolycus (son of Hermes). Chione became so vain, she compared her
beauty with Artemis. Artemis killed her with an arrow. Daedalion grieved
so much at his daughter's death the he jump from peak of Mt Parnassus,
and was transformed by Apollo into a hawk. 4.Chione or khione was a
Naiad nymph, daughter of River Neilus (Nile) in Aigyptus (Egypt). She
was raped by a peasant and cast down upon the desert.

Chione

Zeus pity on her
and send Hermes, who transformed her into a cloud, which snowed down
upon the desert. INDEX